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Title: Selling Out

Medium: photographic print with added paper and tape

Size: 200x100cm

Intention 'The background is a photograph of a wall which was taken by me on the streets of Tashkent. I decided to print it out as a banner to create an imitation of a wall with ads, which are common in Uzbekistan. Then I added my own ads that say things like “Trading fortune for dignity. Goods cannot be returned” and “We offer Freedom!” which communicate the idea of ‘selling out’ - of emotions, feelings and human qualities. The ads that I made were based on the Seven Deadly Sins described in the Bible, and on life in Uzbekistan.'

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Title: New idols

Medium: paper, acrylic paint, resin, glue

Size: 17inches x 11inches

Intention-  My intention for this piece was to emulate the halo in Russian icons but replace that religious symbolism with a gear. This is to show how technology and modernity has started to surpass what was deemed important previously. I made the person in a more realistic style than the tradition Russian icons because I wanted to keep it in my style and not too much like the icons.

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Title: Bright Smile

Medium: Mixed media; double exposure, photoshop, shutter speed, ISO, aperture

Dimension: 3x4 inches

Intention:
My artistic intention is to demonstrate the beauty of the work a black woman makes. I expose two photos that shows the same girl working and being pleased with her work. This is important to me because I believe the minorities need to portray confidence in whatever they yearn to do and that itself defines beauty.

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Medium: Lipstick, foundation, and colored pencils on paper.

Size: 8.5x11in

Intention: The piece demonstrates the two sides of the makeup world. One side is glamorous as makeup is used to transform a look into one that is socially perceived as beautiful. The other side is painful and tortures the self-esteem of women who feel accepted only with the assistance of makeup. The ripped pieces show the scary side of makeup with blood, knives, and injuries. The regular sections of the paper represent what is initially perceived of makeup.

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Title: Spinner of Dreams (October 2020)

Medium: Wood Hoop, String, Beads, Feathers, Acrylic Paint on Poster

Dimensions: 17” x 15” x 1”

Intention: This work illustrates the Ojibwe legend of a spider making a dream catcher as a gift of protection. The dream catcher interacts with the spider in the way that its final thread is attached to the spider and that the dream catcher’s feather’s draw the viewers eyes from the dream catcher down to the spider. The dream catcher in my artwork is inspired by traditional Ojibwe models; I represent this through the incorporation of beads and feathers, but I made the dream catcher my own stylistically.

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Title: Mortar
Medium: Photograph
Dimensions: 4032x3024 pixels
Intention: This object holds cultural significance to my family and I. I wanted to convey some of my cultural values, so I captured a simple object, the mortar bowl, using the technique fill-the-frame to achieve so. The mortar bowl mostly fills in the frame, leaving the viewer to acknowledge the significance of the object in the composition.